Landscape with Invisible Hand
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Chapter Book · Ages 14–+ · 2017 · Est. 3 hour read

Landscape with Invisible Hand

By M. T. Anderson

Aliens arrive, disrupting life. How far will Adam go to survive?

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160 pages· 31,345 words· Est. 3 hour read
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When aliens land, Adam's world turns upside down. With his parents' jobs lost to alien technology and resources scarce, he must find a way to endure. As desperation grows, Adam faces a choice: what will he sacrifice to meet the aliens' demands? In a future Earth where art and truth clash with colonization, Adam's journey explores the limits of survival and integrity.

From the publisher

“Practically every word reflects a prescient, bitingly precise critique of contemporary human folly, of economic and environmental inequities and absurdities.” – The Horn Book (starred review) Now a major motion picture When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth, though not an unwelcome one. But with his parents’ jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv’s miraculous medicine, Adam has to get creative to survive. And soon enough, Adam must decide how far he’s willing to go – and what he’s willing to sacrifice – to give the vuvv what they want. National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization.

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Format
Paperback
Pages
160
Words
31,345
Reading age
14–99+
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
HL730L
Themes & topics
Books about societal changeBooks about unemploymentBooks about suburban decayBooks about teenage lifeBooks about alien contact
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.9
F&P level
~Q
AR points
5
AR interest level
UG
AR quiz
191995
Publication
Published
April 9, 2019
First published
September 12, 2017
Publisher
Candlewick
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780763699505

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